I thought the Mexicans just migrated to the U.S. because their government was bad to them. And then I found out that they moved to the U.S. because of water and jobs and better resources. Itâ€™s pretty hard for them (us) because they have to change their culture, the way theyâ€™ve lived before to the new style of living. The whole immigration process. All the things they have to do to become U.S. citizens.

Migration has been a defining feature of the Mexico-US relationship for most of the 20 th century, but legal immigration remained low until recently. About 36 percent of 20 th century Mexican immigrants arrived in the 1990s, and 34 percent of the apprehensions of unauthorized Mexicans were in the 1990s (table 1). Over the past century, Mexican migrants were negatively selected: those who left Mexico usually had less education and fewer skills than the average Mexican, and most of the Mexicans who arrived had their first US jobs in seasonal agriculture (Martin 1993). Bilateral agreements to regulate Mexico-US labor migration were in force during 1917â€“21 and 1942â€“64, but most 20 th century Mexican migrants arrived and were employed outside these guest worker

Government-sanctioned recruitment of Mexican workers for US jobs has a long history. The US government approved the recruitment of Mexican workers during the First and Second World Wars to obtain additional farm and railroad workers. Mexican Bracero workers were admitted by making â€œexceptionsâ€ to immigration rules that otherwise would have blocked their entry. Both wartime Bracero programs were ended unilaterally by the United States, in part because US labor and civil rights groups argued that the Mexican migrants depressed wages and increased

Unemployment for similar US workers. My family does fit in the category of the American dream because they were people who came to the United States or a better life and also more free